[Full-Disclosure] Office 2000 bug, Regristration

From: Alex Elger (alex.elgerat_private)
Date: Tue Apr 22 2003 - 06:29:34 PDT

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    To whom it may concern,
    I was reading some news today and noticed this:
    http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2133703,00.html
    It is a story about the Office 2000 registration flaw.
    This flaw makes the user Register every time they open an office
    application.
    It is only applicable to Non-Admin users.
    I have known about this for a long time (Since installing this on client
    machines), but thought it just another bug.
    As part of the resolution to this I have found out that if you open an
    office application as an administrator then register it will not bother you
    again.
    So as part of the install process you need to:
    1) Install Office
    2) Open an office app.
    3) Logout and let the user use office.
    
    Hope that this helps
    
    Alex Elger
    alex.elgerat_private
    
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